Example sentences of "i [vb past] tell [pers pn] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er that 's true , as I said I , I lied a little bit , I , I failed to tell you the cost of the fee . |
| 2 | If I 'd told them a tale like that then they would have had me down at the station before I could blink ! ’ |
| 3 | Yeah I did tell you the truth |
| 4 | I had to tell him the news myself |
| 5 | Can you imagine , you know a teacher , I thought I had to tell them every minute detail of these plans . |
| 6 | ‘ Who is he ? ’ he kept repeating over and over again , stony-faced and disbelieving even when I had told him the truth . |
| 7 | ‘ And if I had told you the truth , Neil , that day when Jem Higgins knocked me senseless , what would you have done then ? |
| 8 | ‘ I wanted to tell you the morning you left , but you were in such a hurry to be gone and — ’ |